Project description:The adaptor protein Lnk is an important negative regulator of HSC homeostasis and self-renewal. This study aims to investigate the role of Lnk in HSC aging. Here we performed expression profiling of bone marrow CD150+CD48-LSK LT-HSCs from young and old WT and Lnk-/- mice. Results identify select Lnk-mediated pathways with potential involvement in HSC self-renewal and aging.
Project description:The adaptor protein Lnk is an important negative regulator of HSC homeostasis and self-renewal. This study aims to investigate the role of Lnk in HSC aging. Here we performed expression profiling of bone marrow CD150+CD48-LSK LT-HSCs from young and old WT and Lnk-/- mice. Results identify select Lnk-mediated pathways with potential involvement in HSC self-renewal and aging. CD150+CD48-LSK HSCs were double sorted from WT and Lnk-/- mice at both young and old ages (2 months and 20 months, respectively). RNA was isolated using miRNeasy kit from QIAGEN and processed using the NuGEN Pico kit. The microarray analysis was performed at the Penn Molecular Profiling/Genomics Facility using GeneChip Mouse Gene 1.0ST array (Affymetrix).
Project description:Aged hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) display myeloid-biased differentiation and reduced regenerative potential. In this study, we uncover that P-selectin (Selp) marks a subset of aged HSCs with reduced repopulation capacity. This population of HSCs expresses a prominent aging transcriptome. Overexpression of Selp in young HSCs impaired long-term reconstitution potential and repressed erythropoiesis. We show that IL-1β is elevated in aged bone marrow and administration of IL-1β induces expression of Selp and other aging-associated genes in HSCs. Finally, we demonstrate that transplantation of aged HSCs into young recipients restores a young-like transcriptome, specifically by repressing pro-inflammatory pathways, highlighting the important role of the bone marrow microenvironment in HSC aging.
Project description:To describe the protein profile in hippocampus, colon and ileum tissue’ changing after the old faeces transplants, we adopted a quantitative label free proteomics approach.
Project description:Using RNA sequencing analysis on myeloid biased HSC, we compared gene expression profiles between WT and Igf2bp2 knock-out mice at young and old age. 1421 differentially expressed genes were identified in young myeloid biased HSC from Igf2bp2 knock-out mice compared to young WT; however, only 26 differentially expressed genes were identified in old myeloid biased HSC from Igf2bp2 knock-out mice compared to old WT. Compared to young WT myeloid biased HSC, myeloid biased HSC from young Igf2bp2 knock-out exhibits reduced expression of genes involved in metabolism and translation. In addition, single cell RNA sequencing analysis of myeloid biased HSC in young wildtype mice identified nine sub-clusters. HSCs from a sub-cluster with high expression of Igf2bp2 exhibit up-regulated IGF/PI3K/AKT signaling and increased expression of genes involved in HSC quiescence and maintenance. Altogether, the study provides a correlation and mechanism to understand the role of Igf2bp2 in HSC function and aging.
Project description:Age-related functional decline of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) contributes to the decline of the hematopoietic system. Growth Arrest and DNA Damage-inducible proteins (Gadd45a, Gadd45b, and Gadd45g) are robustly expressed early in HSC activation and are known to be important for DNA damage response. Gadd45b has also been shown to promote removal of 5-methylcytosine at specific loci. Given that both DNA methylation (DNAm) alterations and DNA damage have been associated with HSC aging, we sought to examine the role of Gadd45b in HSCs. To examine if Gadd45b is critical for regulating DNAm in HSCs, we performed whole genome bisulfite sequence and RNA sequencing on wild-type (WT) and Gadd45b knock-out (KO) HSCs isolated from young and old mice. Global DNAm of young KO showed increased DNAm compared to young WT, and the DNAm profiles were more similar to old HSCs, from either WT and KO, than to young WT. We examined the DNAm changes common between the Gadd45b KO (YKOvsYWT) or WT aging (OWTvsYWT). 52.5% of differentially methylated cytosines (DMCs) in YKO were also seen in normal aging, and analysis of genes with promoters near these overlapping DMCs are enriched for pathways related to immune response and development processes. We compared the expression of genes with DMCs in the promoter regions, but DMCs did not strongly correspond with transcriptional alterations. To test if these overlapping DNAm changes in young KO mice primed HSCs towards aging phenotypes, we evaluated the composition of peripheral blood and bone marrow in KO, and performed functional evaluation experiments. We found no significant differences between young KO and WT HSCs suggesting these overlapping DMCs do not contribute to aging phenotypes, reducing the potential DNAm changes contributing to aging HSC phenotypes.